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Archena March 1, 2023March 1, 2023Current, WednesdayChina, congress, crisis, Democrat, foreign policy, leftism, Leftist, Marxism, party, Politics, Republican, Russia

Leftism is Drowning

Political terminology is ‘definition flexible’. Translation: stupid terms rarely mean the same thing to everyone. Everyone assumes lawyers get Poli Sci degrees as a stepping stone to law school. I suspect that having to constantly define every common term is too annoying for them. Being a good little Poli Sci geek, I will now define my terms. Leftism for the purposes of this discussion is defined as positions on the economic scale that hold to socialism through communism and that … Continue reading “Leftism is Drowning”

Archena February 28, 2023February 28, 2023Current, MondayChina, foreign policy, Politics, Russia, Ukraine, World War I, World War II, World War III, WWI, WWII, WWIII

Isolationism is NOT in America’s Best Interest

George Washington famously advised that the US ‘avoid foreign entanglements’. In typical American fashion, we proceeded to ignore it completely and take it completely overboard as it suited us. Washington’s warnings were specific to his time and certainly an accomplished general like Washington had more than enough sense to realize the US had survived the Revolutionary War by the skin of its teeth and didn’t need to be trying that again anytime soon. We did, of course, in the War … Continue reading “Isolationism is NOT in America’s Best Interest”

Archena February 21, 2023February 21, 2023MondayAuthoritarian, China, Dictatorship, foreign policy, Politics, Russia, Totalitarian

What Russia and China Teach the US about Itself

Don’t be corrupt authoritarian jerks. See you next time on… I don’t get it. Everyone says they want simple straightforward answers until you give them one. Then they’re all ‘but why’ and ‘we need details’. Okay, here’s the scoop. The US goes through these periods of self examination. That’s a good thing. The problem starts when we don’t have any goals as a nation or crises to keep us focused. Then we stop self examination and start navel gazing until … Continue reading “What Russia and China Teach the US about Itself”

Archena February 13, 2023February 13, 2023Current, Mondaybiden, China, Chinese Communist Party, Democrat, foreign policy, Politics, Republican, Russia, Ukraine

Don’t Become The Monster: Foreign Policy Edition

Look guys, being opposition for the sake of being oppositions is STUPID. So quit it. Any questions? What? Oh for Pete’s sake… We’ve spent the last forty years in American politics with the Democrats desperately clinging to the coattails of Civil Rights in the vain hope of maintaining relevance. They settled for maintaining power. That’s now ending. Yes, the whole process was stupid. Could we please not repeat it on the conservative side? No, I didn’t say Republican because I’m … Continue reading “Don’t Become The Monster: Foreign Policy Edition”

Archena February 6, 2023February 5, 2023Mondaybiden, CCP, CDC, Center for Disease Control, China, Chinese Communist Party, covid, COVID 19, covid C19, crisis, Democrat, foreign policy, party, Politics, Republican, WHO, World Health Organization

COVID 19 Time for Truth: China Edition

I am a cranky old lady with 18 years disease control experience, two degrees in Political Science and no patience left for nonsense. Any questions? No? Good. The entire response to the panicdemic was botched. The WHO and ESPECIALLY the CDC knew better than the crap they were pulling. We here in the United States have over EIGHTY YEARS of successful disease intervention. We lead the charge in ERADICATING small pox. We DANGED WELL know how to handle a respiratory … Continue reading “COVID 19 Time for Truth: China Edition”

Archena February 3, 2023February 3, 2023Current, FridayAmerican Values, foreign policy, Freedom, Freedom of Speech, International Relations, world affairs

The World Can’t be America

Which works out just fine – they don’t want to be nor should they. We have this goofy idea that nationalism is inherently a bad thing. Like all isms, it can be taken way too far. Any ideology can be made into a bad thing by taking it to extremes. But BOTH extremes are bad. Do you fix a broken cup? Most of the time the answer is no but what if it belonged to your grandmother and was special … Continue reading “The World Can’t be America”

Archena January 30, 2023January 30, 2023Current, Mondayforeign policy, Globalism, International Relations, Isolationism, Politics, Superpower

Between Globalism and Isolationism

Okay, so globalism bad, we should just keep to ourselves and not bother the rest of the planet, right? Yeah, that so isn’t going to work. America was born in humble beginnings – we were a podunk backwater that only attracted riff raff and no respectable person went. But we grew up into a podunk backwater with a lot of perfectly respectable folks and some really big ideas about liberty and freedom. We were by nature cocky and self assured … Continue reading “Between Globalism and Isolationism”

Archena January 25, 2023January 18, 2023Current, Wednesdaycongress, Democrat, foreign policy, Freedom, Freedom of Speech, International Aid, International Relations, International Security, Politics, Republican, world affairs, World's Policieman

Protecting American Freedoms is the Best Thing America Can do for the Rest of the World

Obviously. What? That’s not obvious to you? What they heck did they teach you kids in school? Can’t do math, can’t half read, can’t pay attention – How’d you end up worse than MY generation? Seriously, we grew up on Westerns and Tarzan, roaming the neighborhoods until dark, with permanently skinned knees, hyped on boatloads of sugar and watching way too much TV – we were supposed to be the space cases, not you kids! Do yourselves a favor, try … Continue reading “Protecting American Freedoms is the Best Thing America Can do for the Rest of the World”

Archena January 23, 2023January 18, 2023Current, MondayChina, foreign policy, International Affairs, International Relations, Russia, Ukraine

Is There Anything in the World Besides Russia and China?

Sure. Australia. See y’all la… What? You weren’t kidding? Sigh… Okay, let’s lay this out straight. Nations-states can rub their tummies and pat their heads at the same time because nation-states are made up of LOTS of people and have a bunch of those people working in their governments. No one person has to do it all. Individual humans have limitations. We can’t know everything we need to know at any given moment about the whole world. A supercomputer couldn’t … Continue reading “Is There Anything in the World Besides Russia and China?”

Archena January 16, 2023January 12, 2023Current, MondayChina, Chinese Communist Party, foreign policy, Politics

No, China Isn’t Fine Now

Seriously, isn’t it hard to live with an attention span shorter than the lifespan of a mayfly? You didn’t make it all the way through that sentence, did you? Sigh. Okay, so for those who can watch all the way through a sitcom, let’s get on with this. Nation-states, including overhyped authoritarian ones, are resilient as all get out. Nation-states can do all sorts of weird and often unwise things that normal people can’t and shouldn’t. Being able to print … Continue reading “No, China Isn’t Fine Now”

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COVID 19 Time for Truth: China Edition

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Between Globalism and Isolationism

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