Reagan by Eugene Jarecki

The New York Times: Reviews the Documentary on Ronald Reagan by Eugene Jarecki. Having seen the documentary of late it is quite fair, also it has some great footage of Reagan that this Reagan buff has not seen, interesting to see Reagan with Truman, also when Reagan was Governor of California having a public argument, raise voices, not your usual image of Reagan. One has to say Reagan was great, if you think about it, Reagan left office in 1989, he died after a long illness in 2004, but if you came from Mars you would think he was still leading the Republicans, the Republicans Candidates for 2012 want to be the son or daughter of Reagan and the left wing media cant seem to leave the Gipper alone. It is fair to say that even JFK after his death in 1963 didn’t get this much press coverage years later, yes before you start what about the books, well those books tend to cover the death of the President and which conspiracy angle you support, also the JFK legacy took a dive with the news of his affairs while in office and the CIA attempts to kill Castro. Also this blog would argue, selling out Turkey over the Cuban Missile Crisis didn’t help. Thus since 1945 there have been really only the following great Presidents, Truman, JFK and Reagan, will Obama be the next great, so far this blog is not rushing to place any bets.

100 Billion Cuts - 2011 Budget

The Hill: Reports on a House of Representatives Amendment that would add 20 billion more cuts to the planned Republican leadership cuts of 61 billion. The would be in line with the Republican message of 2010. The Tea Party and Conservative Republicans should use their power to go for deep and painful cuts in the welfare system, the US voter does not want to go over a cliff with the Democrats. The 2010 Mid Term Elections was a message from the voter to the Washington Establishment, fourteen trillion is enough debt. Its time to cut the welfare state before the welfare state buries the US. The people will have to work longer, those richer Americans will be means tested for their benefits, those on Middle Incomes will get their tax benefits revoked. It has to be harsh to work folks, otherwise the US will follow the British Empire and go broke.

The Military Coup and Egypt

Guardian: Reports the following from Egypt, “ ( the ) revolution is in danger of being hijacked by the army, key political activists have warned, ”. Lets hope the Army is in charge, the new Egypt should be economic free, a lot like China, but the power of Government should be in the hands of the Army. The Army has stated it will keep the peace treaty with Israel and uphold all of Egypt’s international obligations, this is excellent news for the Obama Administration and the Middle East. Lets be clear this blog supports Democracy, but secular Democracy, not for Egypt to go ALL Iran 1979. Thus there should be economic and political freedom, but the Army as a safeguard for the security of Egypt and the Middle East. The new Constitution should be secular in nature, the Muslim Brotherhood should be kept out of power by the Army, in other words rig the elections if it comes down to that choice, the Army vs. the Muslim Brotherhood. The call for Democracy should never be allowed as a way for extremists to get power, Egypt if it makes the right choice will have a great future, a bad choice, then the World will suffer.

Weapons of Mass Destruction and Intelligence

Telegraph: Reports that the Iraqi Defector Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi; Codename Curveball; the Agent that lead to the Iraqi War has admitted he lied to German and US Intelligence about the WMD of the Iraqi Regime. As the plan by Curveball was to bring down the Iraqi Regime he was successful but the cost was the lives of UK and US Soldiers. One has to wonder cant London or Washington D.C ask for him to be send to either Capital for causing so much loss of life. The UK lost 179 of its Armed Forces Personnel for a War that didn’t need to be fought.