Who is to BLAME for World War One - 100 Years On

BBC News: Has ten different viewpoints on who is to blame for World War One.

Lets Get Real: 

This blog likes to be different, its not who is to blame, its WHAT, and that is a simpler answer, it was technology, ALL the powers had to move troops, thus the WHAT was to blame for the War was train timetables, once WAR looked like the result the Military had to move troops to face the threat from their viewpoint, once the Russians mobilised their troops the Germans needed a quick victory in the West, thus the invasion of Belgium, one of the contributors states the following and is close to this blog's view of World War One and the role of Imperial Germany, " Finally, they violated international treaties by invading Luxemburg and Belgium knowing that the latter violation was virtually certain to bring in Britain... ".  Although the invasion of Belgium SOLD the War to the public, the British Empire could not allow France to FALL, this would have made Imperial Germany the central power in Europe and a threat to the British Empire in the long term.   Thus the WHAT that pushed the powers to WAR was the railways, the WHO was Germany, a Kaiser so saw the threat to late, and could not back down or stop the developments that lead to World War One. 

Hillary Clinton and REVENGE - 2016 Election

CNN - Politics: Reports on more secrets from the archive of a late friend of Hillary Clinton, the latest is the then First Lady asking how to keep records of her time in the White House, the article notes the following, " When asked why, according to the friend’s June 20, 1994, diary entry, Clinton said, “Revenge.”.

Lets Get Real:

The US voter has to asked do they want another Richard Nixon in the White House, we have heard that in 2008 the Clinton Campaign kept a list of those that had been seen to betray the former First Lady and then Senator when she ran against President Obama, with ALL the good stuff that comes with the Clintons, they are real policy wonks, there is also the scandals and the women, the article notes that Hillary Clinton called Monica Lewinsky a “narcissistic loony toon.”, can a President Hillary Clinton keep Bill under control, can Bill Control himself, one does lose count of actual women and the alleged women from his time as Governor and President.    Politics is an art, Clinton is seen as the front runner for the Democrats in 2016, three years is a long time, we shall see if its another Clinton vs. Bush match up again, it could be back to the future again. 

F**k the EU - US/EU Debate - 2nd Term Blues

Guardian: Reports on the reaction of Germany to the leaked conversation between State Department officials, " Angela Merkel: Victoria Nuland's remarks on EU are unacceptable...German chancellor condemns comments by US state department official in leaked conversation about Ukraine crisis ".

Lets Get Real:

The Kremlin must be loving this discord between the powers, the Russians sees the Ukraine as their backyard, they do NOT want to see the Ukraine join the EU, this would be a disaster for their influence abroad, it would make Putin look a like a hollow leader of Russia.    Thus the very reason that the US should force the pace, the US should lead, if the EU wants to be slow, so be it, the EU does not have  common EU Foreign or Defence policy, just what a majority can agree on, they will join the US lead push to force the Ukraine to hold fresh elections and support the demonstrators in the streets, so "F**k the EU", what a excellent and honest reaction  by the US State Department Official.   It is about time London said the same thing to the EU. 

POTUS on 40% Approval - Gallup - 2nd Term Blues

Gallup: Reports on its latest poll on the job approval for President Obama, today POTUS has a " 40% Approval Rating, while 51% of Americans Disapprove of the Obama record ".

Lets Get Real:

This is what happens when people tune you OUT, the Obama Presidency might never recover from the disaster that was the rollout of ObamaCare, those that bought their health cover on the individual market were thrown off their cover, nearly six million Americans lost cover, and also lose their Doctor and local hospital, this year those that get their health cover from their employer face either higher charges to keep their cover or be forced to buy ObamaCare.   The FACT that over twenty thousand Americans who made appeals after going on to ObamaCare might as well throw tea out of tent, the computer to deal with their problems has not been built yet.     All these problems will come up  before the 2014 Mid Terms, Democrats will have to choose soon, do they rough it out with the Oval or do they throw the Oval under the bus, time is running out for the Democrats, Republican groups are already starting negative adverts in Red States were there are Democrats in Congress, either ObamaCare starts to work or the Dems face a tough choice. 

No US Immigration Reform before 2014 Mid Terms - Speaker Boehner

BBC News: Reports why Speaker Boehner has turned his back on Immigration reform, " Mr Boehner blamed the inaction on scepticism that US President Barack Obama would properly enforce such reforms. "

Lets Get Real:

This is a mistake by Republicans, Ronald Reagan in 1984 stated that he approved of amnesty for those illegals in the US, yes the 1986 Immigration Reform Act had its flaws, but at least the Republicans had a chance to gain traction in those Communities affected by reform, also lets get real, within a few decades White Anglo Protestants (  WASPS ) will be a minority within the US, the Democrats are playing smart politics for the long term, the Republicans might be able to keep the House and even the Senate in play but they might never again hold the Oval Office. After the Mid Terms the Republicans have to come up with a way for illegals to become US Citizens in the long term, yes the Democrats will gain the short term, but the issue will be off the table, and the Republicans can start to attract ethnic voters based on sound Conservatives policies, of small government, low taxes, big defence spending, and Conservative Judges on the bench.  

ObamaCare HITS the Working Poor - 2nd Term Blues

BBC News: Reports on the Congressional Budget Office report on ObamaCare, the article notes the following, " Lower-income workers will be hardest hit, limiting their hours to avoid losing federal subsidies. ".

Lets Get Real:

It can be argued that President Obama is trying to follow France, it reduce the number of hours it workers could work thus the reason that the present French economy is in a mess,  thus if your poor and want to work you lose your health benefits, thus ObamaCare is creating a European style welfare state in the US, people are better off poor, not working with no savings, and US interest rates are under the water and will be so for years.   The problem for the Democrats is that the next Democratic nominee either has to carry the Obama banner and face losing or find a way to distance their campaigns from this mess, thus stage left we have Hillary Clinton, who should keep being a non candidate as long as possible, in 2016 the Clinton Campaign might need to dump all over President Obama to WIN, and the Clinton's like winning.  Fun time if your a Republican. 

That Fox News Interview with President Obama - 2nd Term Blues

Telegraph: Reports the following on the Fox Interview, " The president traded barbs with interviewer Bill O'Reilly in a live interview that covered the 2012 attacks on the US diplomatic mission in Libya. ".

Lets Get Real: 

The President's either thinks he is telling the truth, which would be a major worry or he does not care that his Administration and himself lied to the US people and the UN that the attack was down to a film,  the only reason for the LIE was the fact that POTUS had stated that Al Qaeda was on the run and near death and that he had saved the US Car industry, well Al Qaeda and its franchise groups are alive and well in Syria, Iraq and Africa, and Obama is sending mixed signals, on the one hand he using drones to kill the Al Qaeda terrorists but on the other hand is stating that Al Qaeda is no longer a threat to the US homeland.   This is the reason that the US is not trusted by former US allies in the Middle East, the spin is more important to POTUS than the truth, we have another three and half years of this kind of rubbish spin, lets hope the US voter elects a President who sees the real World in 2016.