Security of the Seas, Space, Homeland, and T-Shirts?

As discussed on The Andrea Shea King Show tonight, China has sprung on the United States Military an unexpected surprise. It seems, according to the British publication Daily Mail, that a Chinese submarine popped up near a United States Carrier Group undetected. That's right, our superior technology did not detect the 160ft Song Class diesel-electric attack submarine that came within viable range for launching weapons at the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk Aircraft Carrier.

A Carrier Group consists of a dozen ships which support and protect the aircraft carrier. These "escorts" consist of frigates, destroyers, carriers, battleships, oilers, repair ships, and such. They provide a physical and technological shield of protection that has now been compromised by a Chinese submarine. What is even more shocking about the Chinese pulling such an action, however, is that they had the augacity to actually do it in the first place. The arrogance portrayed runs right along the lines of their recent show ten months ago of the ability to shoot satellites out of the sky.

China is flexing its muscles, and are not afraid to do so. They wish to convey with their arrogance that the United States is not the lone superpower, and that we don't have complete safety from them on the seas, or in space - which also means that our Homeland is not as secure from them as we'd like either. And with such capabilities, they will surely consider entering the complex situation that is in the Middle East, fueled by their ever increasing need for more oil.

Recently the Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. Senate voted to recommend ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty. The Treaty was created in 1982 by the United Nations with the intention of enabling the U.N. to govern activities on, over, and beneath the ocean's surface. Its primary focus is on navigational and transit issues, containing provisions regulating deep-sea mining and the redistribution of wealth to underdeveloped countries. The treaty also has provisions regarding marine trade, pollution, research, and dispute resolution.

As with most poor ideas the intentions are noble. But when picking apart the treaty, the true nature of it, and its disregard of the real world, surfaces. What the treaty does, essentially, is restrict. It restricts the claim on oceanic resources, restricts the supply of the world's minerals, and it restricts autonomy by setting the United Nations up as the regulator of maritime issues involving fisheries, marine environmental protection, and preservation, research, and navigation, thus weakening the U.S. argument of autonomy if the United States were to refuse to submit to the International Criminal Court being run by the United Nations - which has proven through past actions to be anti-American - to no surprise since the leading nations stand against the U.S. normally on the world stage. The United States is the mightiest naval power in history, and in the best interest of liberty and freedom needs to retain its unfettered ability to act in its interests and the interests of free nations in the world.

On the Homeland Front, Monday was the day that Veteran's Day was observed by businesses, federal offices, and such. Veteran's Day fell on Sunday, and with it came Veterans Day parades designed to show our appreciation to our troops and veterans that have fought to defend liberty and freedom. Veteran's Day celebrations are necessary to keep the emotion of honor and gratitude warm and alive. Over one million of our fine men and women have died in service to the United States of America. We are the stewards of the freedom and liberty that our brave military men and women have fought and died to protect, and it is our duty to remember their sacrifices, and to honor our living veterans for putting their lives on the line. So, it sickens me that the anti-war crowd is not happy with just having their war protest marches during the rest of the year, or crashing the funerals of our fallen. It is downright obnoxious that these people did whatever they could to disrupt Veteran's Day parades, even using their children as human shields to block military cargo shipments to and from Iraq. I am appalled by it. Utterly appalled. What's next? Them saying that the display of guns in the parades are too violent as has groups in Britain over the show of guns during Remembrance Day parades? Heck, I was surprised when Google, for the first time since 1999, actually recognized Veteran's Day.


Reminds me of what the Islamic Jihadists do in the Middle East. Hamas opened fire on Fatah members at a memorial rally for Yasser Arafat. This is how they do it. Now that the defeated faction of Fatah has been ousted, the Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip opened fire. Disgraceful. I am not defending Arafat or the members of the Fatah. I am only recognizing that this is yet another example of how dangerous these Jihadists are, and how merciless they can be. Right now the fighting is there. We pull out of the region, and such a pull-out will be seen as a victory for the Jihadists and it will become a unifying factor of the region. I believe they will view such an abandonment of the region as weakness, and the violence will follow our retreating troops to the shores of America.

And with Pakistan under the threat of falling to the Jihadists, at which time they would gain possession of nuclear technology, how long before such weapons would be turned against American troops in the region, against Israel and our other allies, and eventually against the United States? We can't take the emerging crisis in Pakistan lightly. Pakistan is falling apart under pressures from the Taliban and al-Qaeda. Resurgent Muslim nationalism in that country is a very dangerous possibility.

Of course the candidates of the Democratic Party could care less about the potential of the enemy. Members of the Democratic Party would rather you believe that man-made Global Warming is the truth (despite all of the evidence against it, and even the The Weather Channel's Coleman proclaiming that Global Warming is nothing more than a huge scam!). Their supporters in Hollywood would like you to think that Hugo Chavez is a really great guy, even though, to my surprise, that even the King of Spain has finally resolved to telling the dictator of Venezuela to "shut up" despite the fact that they were all attending a leftist rally comprising primarily of leftist leaders from Latin America, Portugal, Spain, and Andorra. Of course, such anti-Americanism in a leftist rally of Spanish speaking countries (and Portugal) wouldn't bother the Democrats anyway. After all, Barack Obama isn't even willing to put his hand on his heart during the National Anthem with the flag displayed. If that isn't a show of anti-Americanism, I don't know what is (not that the Democrats cared, or the Liberal American Press noticed).

This relativism toward American Values doesn't stop there, either. Even a simple T-shirt serves as an example as to how bad patriotic and moral relativism has gotten. A kid can wear a shirt with the Playboy Bunny symbol on it, and it is totally accepted. After all, it's just a harmless icon, right? People forget that such a symbol represents pornography from its beginnings. Hey, I am not telling you that I wish for your right to read Playboy should be taken away, that is your choice. But how bad is it when a kid can wear a shirt with a Playboy Bunny symbol on it to school without notice, but if a child wears a shirt to school with a Christian Cross on it, they are sent home to change out of the offensive piece of clothing?

We are so busy trying to make everybody happy, that we have turned our backs on common sense. Christianity has become the enemy in the eyes of society as the Islamic Jihad threatens us. And when the LAPD makes plans to map Muslim Communities for the sake of security, everybody gets all upset (thanks to the Bootie Campaign for the link). Heck, speaking of John Bootie, he seems to be the only candidate willing to work for the American People, rather than for some political agenda. The Democrats would never do that. Heck, I'm surprised the Democrats haven't sunk so low as to plant questions-askers at the debates. Oh, wait, oops, that has happened - Hillary Clinton confirmed it and promises she'll be good in future.

Right, like I'm gonna believe that.

Hillary Clinton has shown us time and time again that she is not to be trusted. Any promises from her, aside from her promise to take things away from us for the common good, or her promise that she has a million ideas, none of which America can afford, are simply foolish to believe.