A large number of democratic colleagues, both in the house and the senate, have continued, in the past, to voice concern for our economy and especially our work force about the problems of globalization and the impact to them by our corporations desire to send work or to establish oversea activities especially when the economics of the issue seem to make sense. In other words if you can buy it or make it or provide it for less cost but with quality service or products it makes sense, especially to their shareholders even though it might cost jobs here..

In case they have missed it, a certain Mr. Pickens has brought to the world’s attention the largest outsourcing issue in the history of our country with his ads regarding our energy problems and the outflow of capital to the tune of 6 to 7 billion dollars per year. He does not mention the number of jobs this represented nor the impact on dollar, trade balance, national debt and our budgets. Just think of the number of high paying jobs we would create, the impact on the dollar, the balance of trade, and the national debt if we would reduce these purchases even if only by 20 to 30%.

If enough pressure would be brought by the American public, on congress, especially those by the workers represented by unions that the democratic party purports to want to protect, than maybe, just maybe, we can get congress off the dime and get some effective legislation to get going on long delayed drilling in known oil and natural gas deposits in our own country. I for the life of me cannot see the logic to buy from others, products that we have an abundance and the world’s leading technologies and companies to get the job done.

Please write your congressmen or senator and demand his attention to this issue NOW, even if you have no confidence, as I do, that it will make a difference to how they view the situation, based on there apparent misunderstanding of basic economics and the laws of supply and demand and the impact on our country. Ask them, that for a change, to do something to benefit the majority of Americans and not just their special interest groups.

Some Things I Don’t Understand:

Almost everything that I read in the MSM and in other Sources such as the WSJ and internet sites as well as the major TV news channels seem to separate “the war” into different categories. Iraq (the one Bush started?). We won that one when Saddam was toppled. The war against Terrorism (which is a tactic) and not an identifiable entity by country. Afghanistan (the other war) is often not mentioned (unless there are American deaths) as well as other areas of conflict such as Colombia and the Philippines to name a few. It seems to me that we (Americans) would have a more clear understanding if everyone would identify and categorize what is going on in the world, into one single category, as a “WAR Against Extremism, primarily Islamic (Jihad) Fundamentalists“. This seems to be the major common denominator throughout the world and the various antagonists, including Taliban, Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Muslim Brotherhood, Sunnis, Shiites, Syria, Iran, to name a few. Our friendly despot in North Korea is a separate issue but terrorism and threats are his tactics as well. I think the country should get off all the political correctness and, as they used to say, call a spade a spade, and refer to this as “The War Against Extremism” regardless of where it is fought and one we must win to preserve western culture and our way of life.

The attempt to separate the different actions is, I believe one of the main reasons for the discord and disagreement amongst Americans from all walks of life and political groups. Perhaps by rallying around this definition of the war we can unite as a country regardless of who is President or who controls the house or the senate and focus on the main objective which is to defeat extremism regardless of how long it takes, which I fear is most likely to be for many more years, if not forever, due to the nature of the enemy.