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Today is Memorial Day.
I remember the lives of soldiers and warriors for justice who have passed on.
And they don't even mark real Memorial Day on the calendar any more We celebrate mattress sale weekend instead.
Does trade trump all for Democrats? Is slavery in Malaysia a good thing, as long as we can export more carbon emitting energy?
And do we still need, or want, to be the "world's policeman"? Doubtful. Ask your neighbor, see what they say. Bennet and Obama say yes.
ColoradoPols defers on most of these tough questions, be they "political" or policy, of D's from Colorado elected to the state or national level. Cuz Pols knows one thing: Democrat = Good, Republican = Bad, and that's about as far as they'll go.
It's disgusting and there can be no justification. For me it falls into the …It's OK if the trains run on time…. category.
Perhaps control over the strait of Malacca is critical strategically. But I'd bet that there are ways to accomplish that without either war, tolerating slavery from Malaysia and Thailand, or maintaining our US role as the world's policeman.
For example, as consumers, we can be weakening the slave trade by weakening the trade in Thai prawns. Boycott them! Ask our stores and restaurants where their shrimp come from, and let them know we won't buy from Thai or Malaysia. We need a tag on it like we did for tuna – dolphin safe. How about slavery free?
I'm not naive enough to think that this will do it by itself, but it's a necessary piece. Protesting the TPP is another. Diplomatic compromise solutions, like that which secures the Panama canal for international shipping (yes, I know China controls the end ports – but Panama still controls the canal and all the land around it) are another.
We should not be buying any line that says we should blindly trust our President to do the right thing. Not this time.
Just wrote this letter to our Senior Senator via his email contact function. Maybe there is a human on the other side. ………….
Gonna write to Obama, too? Ask him why he's pushing to let Malaysia slide on slavery?
We all should.
The reason Obama's trying to include Malaysia, even with its terrible slavery practices, has to do with limiting China's expansion in the South China Sea. It's a geopolitical power play.
Melissa Harris Perry has an in-depth piece on how China is building (literally) islands in the area, and possibly positioning artillery in that area. She hosted a discussion on whether we're about to go to war with China. Consensus of her guests: We're not there yet, but accidental escalation could happen.
But…..I think we should still keep the moral high ground – many diplomats argue that Malaysia is likely to cave on curbing slavery , given enough pressure, and we have Senators like Sherrod Brown, who argued:
So an informed letter to the President should include the points that we understand the power plays and worries about China getting aggressive in the area, but that isn't a strong enough reason to accept the profitable misery of human trafficking. That's what mine will say.
Socialist Freaks on the Left calling for taxes at Eisenhower Era levels……what has Obama unleashed?
And still claiming they oppose it for the economy's sake, just like higher minimum wage when there's no evidence either hurts the economy.Less than 90% would be fine, though. Lots of room.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2015/05/30/e1ac5a2a-0731-11e5-a428-c984eb077d4e_story.html
Sad. He survived the car accident that took his mom and his sister, He made it out of the war zone alive sometimes life just ain't fair.
So true. It's tragic.
No words. Poor VP Biden. To lose another child. Such a shame.
I still do interviews, just on a much more upbeat topic than politics. And this last Eurovision I did my first video interviews. I think they're pretty good for a first effort. My favorite is Genealogy's (Armenia) answers.
And for those of you that like Eurovision – Call the Police! Five crimes of the Eurovision 2015 grand final (by me) and Simon Cowell: “I would love to take the reins of Eurovision
mamajama – The act by Boggie was good and that backdrop art was amazing (that didn't show well on the TV). But it wasn't at the level of the top 6 or so. If she was your favorite you might like the Netherlands entry too – it didn't make it out of the semi but was similar and very good.
Monika (Poland) is the one that had me crying the most. But I have to admit that the top 3 were better.
Nice job on the interviews. Someone in one of the other video clips said something that made sense to me – this is like the Olympics, only with pop music. A way to compete and show your culture and national pride, without warfare or violence.
It will be interesting to see the response to this of our senate delegation…as in…will there be a difference?
GOP pledges to 'rein in' Obama on EPA rules, global warming
http://coloradopols.com/diary/71601/weekend-open-thread-114#sthash.plK4Ccls.dpbs
Just found this…
I inserted the blanks…take a guess….
found more….
http://www.coloradostatesman.com/index.php
It's sad…either Senator could have said this.
No, Gardner is all in for stopping "job-killing regulations."
The rhetoric is meaningless…I'll watch for the votes….