Back when I was more idealistic than I am now; I would often say there ought to be a law mandating marriage to someone of a different race than your own, so that over time we would eliminate that difference in our society. Human nature being what it is, though, we would just find something else to fuel our differences and prejudices. Perhaps you remember the old Star Trek episode where the two guys, black skin on one half of their bodies and white on the other, were in mortal conflict? Captain Kirk was puzzled over the source of their racial enmity, since their race was apparently the same. They quickly pointed out to Kirk, that no, they weren’t the same race. One was black on the left; the other was black on the right. Exactly our problem, eh?

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As I said in an earlier post, although I realize the economy is the number one issue in the public eye at the moment, in light of Biden’s statement I think Obama’s positions on National Defense Policy are worthy of discourse right now.

Simply put, Obama is wrong
on national defense.

He says we have unproven
missile
systems. I think
not.

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Yes, I know “it’s the economy, stupid”, and Joe the Plumber is still popular right now. We’re all having a lot of fun “punching the hippies” that are close at hand, and I would hate to distract you all from that pleasant diversion. Let us not forget that one of our other important tasks is to “kill the terrorists”, and in general protect our country from foreign enemies. SEN Biden’s recent gaffe puts national defense back in the forefront of discussion.

This clip has been posted over at Blackfive recently. It uses Obama’s own message in one of his early campaign adds, juxtaposed with current events, to illustrate the danger of an Obama commander-in-chief. That early campaign ad, by the way, is a rich source of material to hammer him on over a variety of subjects – but particularly on defense issues.

This is probably old hat to you regulars, but for the benefit of the drive-bys and lurkers, please bear with me. I think it useful to explore the origins of Barack Hussein Obama’s strategies and mode of operation. Foremost is the influence of [Saul Alinsky] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Alinsky), the prototype of the ‘community organizer’ in this country. Alinsky’s book, Rules for Radicals, is the playbook used by the Left to gain control over the majority. Alinsky said, “Any revolutionary change must be preceded by a passive, affirmative, non-challenging attitude toward change among the mass of our people. They must feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless in the prevailing system that they are willing to let go of the past and change the future.”

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After visiting this site almost daily for months now, I have finally joined. This is my first entry, and I hope not to come across too amateurish. Like many of you, I often hear commentary and interviews on the news that have incomplete or misleading information which leaves me waiting for someone to clarify or correct it. The more a particular issue gets discussed without clarity or correction, frustration ensues. With that in mind, my contribution towards the definition of a ‘small business’ follows.

With the current prominence of Joe the Plumber and Obama’s arbitrary wealth-sharing threshold of $250 Thousand in the discussion, it seems to me that the perception in the public eye of what constitutes a ‘small business’ is too subjective. Definitions are important, particularly when dealing with government regulations. The Department of Labor is the proponent which has established the criteria for what constitutes a small business, based on either annual receipts or number of employees. The criteria vary according to type of industry and can be found here

The full Small Business Administration description of a small business and associated references can be found here

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